וּבָחַרְתָּ בַּחַיִּים — “Choose life” (Deuteronomy 30:19). This biblical command is among the most resonant in Jewish thought: an affirmation that life has value and that we are called to protect and honor it. In the context of mourning, it is a reminder that grief itself is an act of love, rooted in the irreplaceable worth of a life.
